DAAD Professor
Late Modern Europe
Education
Dr. phil, Bielefeld University, Germany (2021)
M.A., Bielefeld University, Germany (2013)
Research Interests
Modern German History, Modern Italian History, Occupation Studies, Science Policy, Transnational Fascism, Food History
Representative Publications
Unter alliierter Besatzung. Das lange Ende des Krieges in Süditalien, 1943–1947 [Under Allied Occupation. The Long End of the War in Southern Italy, 1943–1947], De Gruyter: Berlin/Boston, 2024.
Deutsche Wissenschaftspolitik im Ausland und gelebtes Patriarchat. Gründung und Aufbau des Deutschen Studienzentrums in Venedig, 1965–1985 [German Science Policy Abroad and Lived Patriarchy. Establishment and Setup of the German Study Center in Venice, 1965–1985], Schnell & Steiner: Regensburg, 2023.
Der Gastronationalismus und Alberto Grandis Thesen – oder: Zur Prägekraft der italienischen Küche [Gastronationalism and Alberto Grandi’s Arguments – or: On the Formative Power of Italian Cuisine], Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken 105, 1 (2025), pp. 401-23.
Shifting Roles and Contested Agencies: Italian Women at the End of the Second World War, in: The International History Review (Special Issue by Camilo Erlichman and Félix Streicher); online first, 23 Oct 2025, in: The International History Review, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2025.2577113.
Democratization, Local Government and Political Parties during the Allied Occupation of Southern Italy after 1943, Journal of Contemporary History 59,3 (2024), pp. 450-70.
Gaining a Foothold in the Weimar Republic: Giuseppe Renzetti’s Activities in the Years 1925–1927, Storicamente 13,9 (2017), pp. 1-38, DOI: 10.12977/stor664.
Current Research
Between Academic Research, Foreign Cultural Policy and National Representation – German Humanities Institutes Abroad, c. 1820s to 2000s
Systemic Actors of State-Building or Simply Hunting for Money? Bounty Hunters in the 19th Century United States
